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    <title>Late to the Movies - Episodes Tagged with “Christmas”</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 2023 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <description>Every week on Late to the Movies, Ben Holt and a revolving cast of friends talk about a movie that one of them hadn't seen before, and really should have by now.
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    <itunes:subtitle>A podcast about the movies you really should have seen by now</itunes:subtitle>
    <itunes:author>Bentley Holt</itunes:author>
    <itunes:summary>Every week on Late to the Movies, Ben Holt and a revolving cast of friends talk about a movie that one of them hadn't seen before, and really should have by now.
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  <title>Christmas in Connecticut</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 2023 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>Bentley Holt</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Holiday Month hits peak-merriment with Christmas in Connecticut! Ben and Anthony discuss the 1945 classic, in which screen legend Barbara Stanwyck hosts a total goof-fest in order to... preserve gender roles? Or maybe to critique them, if you're being generous? Listen along and decide for yourself!

Directed by Peter Godfrey and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan and Sydney Greenstreet.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:03:10</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Holiday Month hits peak-merriment with Christmas in Connecticut! Ben and Anthony discuss the 1945 classic, in which screen legend Barbara Stanwyck hosts a total goof-fest in order to... preserve gender roles? Or maybe to critique them, if you're being generous? Listen along and decide for yourself!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Directed by Peter Godfrey and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan and Sydney Greenstreet. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>Holiday Month hits peak-merriment with Christmas in Connecticut! Ben and Anthony discuss the 1945 classic, in which screen legend Barbara Stanwyck hosts a total goof-fest in order to... preserve gender roles? Or maybe to critique them, if you&#39;re being generous? Listen along and decide for yourself!</p>

<p>Directed by Peter Godfrey and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan and Sydney Greenstreet.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Holiday Month hits peak-merriment with Christmas in Connecticut! Ben and Anthony discuss the 1945 classic, in which screen legend Barbara Stanwyck hosts a total goof-fest in order to... preserve gender roles? Or maybe to critique them, if you&#39;re being generous? Listen along and decide for yourself!</p>

<p>Directed by Peter Godfrey and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan and Sydney Greenstreet.</p>]]>
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  <title>Gremlins</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2023 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>Bentley Holt</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Holiday season continues with the 1984 comedy-horror classic, Gremlins! Ben, Cory, Noah, and Robbie hop in their Kentucky Harvesters, take a ride on faulty stair lift, and break all three simple rules for Mogwai care while discussing Joe Dante's tonal mashup.

Directed by Joe Dante, executive produced by Steven Spielberg, and written by Chris Columbus. Starring Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates, with Howie Mandel providing the voice of Gizmo.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>57:01</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Holiday season continues with the 1984 comedy-horror classic, Gremlins! Ben, Cory, Noah, and Robbie hop in their Kentucky Harvesters, take a ride on faulty stair lift, and break all three simple rules for Mogwai care while discussing Joe Dante's tonal mashup.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Directed by Joe Dante, executive produced by Steven Spielberg, and written by Chris Columbus. Starring Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates, with Howie Mandel providing the voice of Gizmo. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>Holiday season continues with the 1984 comedy-horror classic, Gremlins! Ben, Cory, Noah, and Robbie hop in their Kentucky Harvesters, take a ride on faulty stair lift, and break all three simple rules for Mogwai care while discussing Joe Dante&#39;s tonal mashup.</p>

<p>Directed by Joe Dante, executive produced by Steven Spielberg, and written by Chris Columbus. Starring Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates, with Howie Mandel providing the voice of Gizmo.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Holiday season continues with the 1984 comedy-horror classic, Gremlins! Ben, Cory, Noah, and Robbie hop in their Kentucky Harvesters, take a ride on faulty stair lift, and break all three simple rules for Mogwai care while discussing Joe Dante&#39;s tonal mashup.</p>

<p>Directed by Joe Dante, executive produced by Steven Spielberg, and written by Chris Columbus. Starring Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates, with Howie Mandel providing the voice of Gizmo.</p>]]>
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  <title>It's A Wonderful Life</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2023 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>Bentley Holt</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Continuing December's focus on Holiday Movies, this week we've got one of the all-time classics - Frank Capra's 'It's a Wonderful Life'! Ben, Greg, Lindsey, and Ray discuss the 1946 film.

Directed by Frank Capra, starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Henry Travers.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:22:31</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Continuing December's Holiday theme, this week we've got one of the all-time classics - Frank Capra's 'It's a Wonderful Life'! Ben, Greg, Lindsey, and Ray discuss the 1946 film.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Directed by Frank Capra, starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Henry Travers. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>Continuing December&#39;s Holiday theme, this week we&#39;ve got one of the all-time classics - Frank Capra&#39;s &#39;It&#39;s a Wonderful Life&#39;! Ben, Greg, Lindsey, and Ray discuss the 1946 film.</p>

<p>Directed by Frank Capra, starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Henry Travers.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Continuing December&#39;s Holiday theme, this week we&#39;ve got one of the all-time classics - Frank Capra&#39;s &#39;It&#39;s a Wonderful Life&#39;! Ben, Greg, Lindsey, and Ray discuss the 1946 film.</p>

<p>Directed by Frank Capra, starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, and Henry Travers.</p>]]>
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  <title>Black Christmas</title>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2023 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>Bentley Holt</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>This December, we're getting in the holiday spirit with a full month of Christmas movies! Up first, the very wholesome, family friendly Black Christmas! Ben, Bree, and Sam discuss the 1974 Canuxploitation cult-classic, considered to be the first slasher.

Directed by Bob Clark, written by A. Roy Moore, and starring Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, Andrea Martin, Lynne Griffin and John Saxon.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:34:00</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;This December, we're getting in the holiday spirit with a full month of Christmas movies! Up first, the very wholesome, family friendly &lt;em&gt;Black Christmas&lt;/em&gt;! Ben, Bree, and Sam discuss the 1974 Canuxploitation cult-classic, considered to be the first slasher.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Directed by Bob Clark, written by A. Roy Moore, and starring Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, Andrea Martin, Lynne Griffin and John Saxon. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>This December, we&#39;re getting in the holiday spirit with a full month of Christmas movies! Up first, the very wholesome, family friendly <em>Black Christmas</em>! Ben, Bree, and Sam discuss the 1974 Canuxploitation cult-classic, considered to be the first slasher.</p>

<p>Directed by Bob Clark, written by A. Roy Moore, and starring Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, Andrea Martin, Lynne Griffin and John Saxon.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>This December, we&#39;re getting in the holiday spirit with a full month of Christmas movies! Up first, the very wholesome, family friendly <em>Black Christmas</em>! Ben, Bree, and Sam discuss the 1974 Canuxploitation cult-classic, considered to be the first slasher.</p>

<p>Directed by Bob Clark, written by A. Roy Moore, and starring Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, Andrea Martin, Lynne Griffin and John Saxon.</p>]]>
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